Molecular Diagnostics: Promises and Possibilities

• Main Authors: Debnath, Mousumi (Author), Prasad, Godavarthi B.K.S (Author), Bisen, Prakash S. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Molecular biology.; Biotechnology.; Internal medicine.; Metabolic diseases.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Molecular Medicine.; Internal Medicine.; Metabolic Diseases.

A rapid development in diverse areas of molecular biology and genetic engineering resulted in emergence of variety of tools. These tools are not only applicable to basic researches being carried out world over, but also exploited for precise detection of abnormal conditions in plants, animals and hu...

Table of Contents:

• to Molecular Diagnostics
• Omics Technology
• Recombinant DNA Pharmaceuticals
• Aptamers: In Vitro DNA Selection
• Reporter Gene
• Impact of HGP on Molecular Diagnostics
• Molecular Diagnosis in the Post Genomic and Proteomic Era
• Ethics, Patents and Regulations
• Polymerase Chain Reaction
• In Situ Hybridization
• Immunoassay
• Phage Display
• Microarray
• DNA Biosensors
• Molecular Microbiological Testing
• Proteomic Technology
• Nanomedicine
• Biomarkers
• Diagnosis and Monitoring of Infections
• Diagnosis of Mutation and Genetic Disorders
• Diagnosis of Complex Diseases
• Biochips
• Personalised Medicine
• Biopharmaceutical Industry and Health Care
• Forensic Medicine
• Pharmacogenomics
• Gene Technology in Forensic Sciences
• Food Diagnostics
• Rapid Diagnostic Methods for Biowarfare
• Segments of Molecular Diagnostics – Market Place.